• Economic Impact Analysis
• Money and Banking
• Bank Management
• Sports Economics
• Macroeconomics

Christian Glupker, Senior Clinical Affiliate in Economics, earned his B.A. degree from Grand Valley State University and his masters from Western Michigan University. His research and teaching interests include economic impact studies, bank management, money & banking, macroeconomics, microeconomics, corporate finance, and sports economics. Christian has over 12 years of consulting with SCORE-Grand Rapids, which focuses on assisting both new business and existing business owners with financial guidance, as well as helping obtain capital financing via commercial banks or other investors. Before academia, Christian spent over 12 years in banking, serving as Vice President of corporate banking.

• B.B.A., Grand Valley State University
• Masters, Western Michigan University

• Bank Management
• Sports Economics
• Money and Banking
• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics

Current Working Papers:

• The Economic Impact of the Arts and Culture Collective of Grand Rapids (2024).
• The Economic Assessment of ArtPrize (2024).
• The Economic Impact of Grand Rapids Downtown Market (2024-2025).
• The Economic Impact of Holland Home (2024).
• The Economic Impact of LG Energy Solutions (2024).

Economic Impact Studies:

• The Economic Impact of the 2022 Iceman Cometh Mountain Bike Race (2022).
• The Economic Impact of ArtPrize 2022 (2022).
• The Economic Assessment of the 2022 National Cherry Festival (2022).
• The Economic Impact of Krasl Art Center and Krasl Art Fair (2022).
• The Economic Impact of Rapid City Regional Airport (2023).
• The Economic Impact of Gerald R. Ford International Airport (2023).
• The Economic Impact of Frederick Meijer Gardens (2023).
• The Economic Impact of Professional Bass Fishing Tournaments in Saginaw, MI (2023).
• The Economic Assessment of ArtPrize 2.0 (2023).
• The Economic Assessment of White River Recreation (2023).
• Economic Assessment of Green Infrastructure in Detroit (2021).
• The Economic Impact of Affordable Housing Stock in Kent and Ottawa County, Michigan (2021).
• Michigan No-Fault Insurance Reform: An Economic Analysis (2021).
• The Economic Assessment of Michigan State University research campus (2021).
• Economic Impact Study: Grand Rapids Public Museum Proposed Expansion (2020).
• Economic Impact Study: United Methodist Community House Expansion (2020).
• The Economic Impact of Victoria Regional Airport, Texas (2022).
• The Economic Impact of Battle Creek Executive Airport (2021).
• The Economic Impact of Windward Pointe Development, Muskegon, MI (2021).
• Economic assessment of proposed developments at Gerald R. Ford Int. Airport (2017).
• Grand River Multi-Use Trail Economic Assessment Study (2017).
• Grand Haven Visitor and Tourism Study (2016).
• Grand Rapids Art Prize Economic Impact (2015).

Articles/Other:

• How Housing Affordability Affects the Local Economy in Kent and Ottawa County. Seidman Business Review (Winter 2023).
• The Economic Impact of Kent County Parks. Seidman Business Review (Winter 2020).
• Do publicly funded sports stadiums make fiscal sense for cities? published on Wallethub.com (2/2018).
• Summer festivals, concerts draw more poeple, cash to Sparta, published on Mlive.com (8/2017).

Textbook Review:

• Principles of Economics, 1st Edition, Worth Publishing, B. Stevenson and J. Wolfers.
• Economic Principles: A Business Perspective, Worth Publishing, S. Rubb and S. Sumner.
• Macroeconomics, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill Publishing, D. Karlan and J. Morduch.
• Modern Principles of Economics, 4th Edition, Worth Publishing, T. Cown and A. Taborrok.

• Macroeconomics Course Coordinator
• Economics Student Interaction Committee, Member
• Economics Department Assessment Committee, Member